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Sultan Qaboos University

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Type
  
Public

Location
  
Muscat, Oman

Phone
  
+968 24 141111

Founded
  
1986

Vice-chancellor
  
Ali Al-Bemani

Established
  
1986

Website
  
squ.edu.om

Total enrollment
  
15,357 (2009)

Undergraduates
  
15,357

Sultan Qaboos University

Address
  
Al Khoudh,Muscat 123, Oman

Similar
  
Higher College of Technology, University of Nizwa, German University of Techno, Arab Open University, United Arab Emirates

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Sultan Qaboos University, located in Al Khoudh in the Muscat Governorate, is the only public university in the Sultanate of Oman.

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Most students entering the university are selected based on their performance in high school final examinations. Student enrollment has grown from 500 in 1986 to more than 10,000 in 2005. More than half of the students live off campus due to space constraints. It currently has around 15,357 students of which 7,942 are female students and 7,415 are male students.

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Notable academics

  • Dawn Chatty, anthropologist, associate professor from 1988 to 1994
  • Jokha al-Harthi
  • Abdul Jerri, mathematician
  • James Rajasekar, associate professor of management
  • Jackie Spinner
  • Stanisław Świerczkowski, mathematician, 1986 to 1997
  • References

    Sultan Qaboos University Wikipedia